Chapter 216: Victor and Gloria

"Where am I?"The boy, Victor, woke up to an unfamiliar ceiling. It was a tent, and the whole place smelled of bitter herbs. He was covered with a cloth and his body was hurting a lot.

He couldn't muster the strength to get up straight.

Suddenly the flashback of the night came to his mind.

"Gloria?" He turned his head around to find his sister. "Where are you?"

Victor mustered all the strength and crawled out of the bed. He fell face first into the hard ground and crawled, soiling his wrapped cloth with herbal medicine on his bruises and wounds.

'I have to protect her. Where is she? I should have been there.'

He glanced up, his vision blurry

A man walked into the tent as he was crawling towards the exit. He looked scary and had scars all over his arms and face. He wore armor. His skin was dark bronze, like the man he killed that night.

It was the same man from the night.

"You Bastard!! What did you do to Gloria? Give her back!"

The man looked down in silence and picked him up like a bag with one hand. He tried to squirm out of his grasp.

"Let me go!!"

The man said something but he didn't understand as he didn't know the language.

Finally, he was back in the bed.

Another man entered the room. It was a fat man, dressed luxuriously. He seemed to be a merchant in the city.

The other man spoke to the fat man.

"Calm down. The girl is safe. She is just sleeping." Said the fat man in Portuguese.

"Take me to her," Victor said.

The fat man was translating for the other man.

"Not now! You have to eat and take a proper bath before meeting her."

Victor pointed to the man in the armor. "I don't trust this man. Take me to Gloria."

"That man is the commander, Vasant. Be respectful, you brat," said the fat man.

Victor bit his lip in anger. He had to obey them to meet his sister.

Gloria wasn't his real sister. They were both orphans adopted by a small noble couple from the church orphanage.

He grew up with Gloria and was always protecting her from the problems. The noble couple weren't exactly angels. Victor's daily life was filled with abuse from their foster parents.

The couple took in orphans to avail the funds given by the Duke's daughter, who urged the nobles to help the children in need.

Victor took the brunt of the abuse to protect the little Gloria. He was used to beatings but he didn't want Gloria to go through the same thing. He considered her his little sister. Sёarch* The nôvel_Fire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Victor wanted her to grow up to become a fine woman and live a happy life, unlike him.

The noble couple had brought both of them to this city after sailing for months. They travelled through sea and Gloria and Victor witnessed many exciting things for the first time in the journey.

Victor still remembers the first thing that Gloria said when she saw the city.

"This is the most beautiful place. I have ever seen, Brother."

But everything was turned upside down one night. Suddenly fires rose in the sky and people were getting killed out in the open by the rebels. They had to escape the place with their lives.

The noble couple ran away all alone, leaving them all alone in this unknown place.

Victor took the hand of his sister and tried to find his way to the ship. Find exclusive content at M V L

"Don't cry, Gloria. Brother will protect you." He reassured her.

But they were too late. When they reached the dock, all the ships had already sailed off, leaving them behind all alone to fend for themselves.

They were just children. Gloria cried seeing the ships leaving them behind.

Victor hugged her. "Brother is here. Don't worry. Let's hide for now. Help will come." They hid in the small alleyway.

Both of them hid, hugging each other tightly and listening to the bloodcurdling screams and flames in the sky.

Victor heard a footstep and an armed man saw them with a twisted smile.

He didn't understand anything that the man said but all he knew was that he had to protect Gloria.

The man tried to take his sister. Victor fought to protect his sister. He endured the beating from the man.

"Don't touch Gloria." He screamed.

The man threw him at the wall. He hit his head and blood began to flow onto his face. All Victor saw was red.

"Brother!! Save me." cried Gloria

The man had grabbed the leg of his sister and tried to tear her clothes off.

Victor mustered all his strength and ran towards the man. He grabbed the dagger in the back pocket of the man and stabbed him.

Screams echoed through as the man kicked him to the ground and began to stomp him mercilessly.

'I will protect Gloria'

He held the dagger up as the man stomped. It pierced right through his feet and the man let out another scream.

He was on the floor, bleeding profusely.

Adrenaline coursed through the small body of Victor. He got on top of the man and stabbed him several times till he died.

Victor looked at his palms, covered in blood.

He killed a man.

He took a few minutes to catch his breath and take in the realization of his actions.

Victor turned to Gloria, he could see the frightened expression of Gloria, seeing him covered in blood.

She looked at him like he was a monster.

Just then, he heard another footstep. He gripped the dagger.

Victor turned to Gloria and smiled. "Close your eyes and imagine the sea, Gloria."

His thoughts were interrupted by an energetic voice.

"Brother! I am here!!" Gloria came running towards him and hugged him.

"I am sorry, Brother." She cried loudly, gripping his arm.

"Don't leave me alone again."

"I love you!! Brother."

She cried in his arms as Victor caressed her hair with a warm smile.

"I won't leave you alone again. I love you too! Gloria."

Vasant watched the scene from a distance and smiled.

'So, that brat knows how to smile.'